Insect-destroying machine.



No. 708,700. I Patented Sept. 9, I902 c. v. DYER & w. s. WILLETTE.

INSECT DESTRUYINGIMAGHINE.

(Application filed Jan. 24, 1902.)

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INSECT DESTBOYING MACHINE.

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UNITED STATE PAT NT OFFICE.

CHARLES V. DYER AND WILL S. VVILLETTE, OF CONROE, TEXAS.

lNSECT-DESTROYING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent N 0. 7 08,700, datedSeptember 9, 1902. Application filed January 24, 1902. Serial No.91,056. (No model.)

I9 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, CHARLES V. DYER and WILL S. WILLETTE, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Oonroe, in the county'of Montgomery andState of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inInsect-Destroying Machines; and we do hereby declare the following to bea full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to theletters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part ofthis specification.

Our invention relates to insect-destroying machines for agriculturalpurposes,'and particularly to such a machine havingin combination acultivator or plow.

The object of the invention is toconstruct an improved machine of thecharacter described to collect insects from plants and destroy the same,and particularly to collect and destroy the boll-weevil of-cottonplants.

A further object is to combine in such a machine horizontal and verticalrotating brushes cooperating to sweep the insects from the same row ofplants.

A further object is to combine such a machine with a cultivator, so thatthe work of both maybe done at the same time.

A further object is to so construct such a machine that it may beattached-to and used witha riding-cultivator and also maybe used alonedetached.

With these and other objects in View the invention is hereinafterdescribed,and is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whichFigure 1 is aside elevationof themachine.

Fig. 2 is a front elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is a rear elevationthereof.Fig. dis a top view thereof, parts being broken away.

Referring specifically to the drawings, 6 indicates the box-like casingor frame of the machine, supported low to the ground upon front and rearwheels-7 and 8, respectively. The rear wheel is the driving-wheel, andthe shaft thereof carries a sprocket 9, i which drives the rotatablehorizontal brush 10 by means of chain 11, sprocket 12, and bevelgear 14,which are fixed to the shaft 13, and

or inclose'between them the beam 18.

bevel-gear l5, fixed to the shaft 10 of the brush. The shaft 13 and therear end of the shaft 1O are supported by and rotate in suitablebearings in a bracket 16, which is bolted, as at 17, to the rear end ofthe casing. The bearing for the front end of the shaft 10* is formed ina bracket 16*,Which is bolted, as at 17% to the front end of the casing.This construction permits variation of the height of the brush. Byloosening the nuts of the bolts 17 and 17 the brackets may be turnedthereon as a pivot to adjust the height-of the brush to suit the growthof the plants to be operated on. The gears remain in mesh because theshaft 13 takes the movement of the bracket. 1 The vertical brush A issomewhat smaller in size than the horizontal brush and is located withinthe box or casing. It is carried by the shaft F, which is mounted inbearings formed in a bracket B, bolted or otherwise secured to the rearend of the casing and, is driven by a round belt 0, quartered around agrooved pulley D on the shaft 13 and grooved pulleyE on the shaft F. The

lower end of the vertical brush is just above the edge of the pan 6 inthe casing. The brushes are so located that the plants to be brushedpas'sbetween them and are swept by both, and the vertical brush issorotatedas to sweep the plants by a forward movement, and the combinedaction of both brushes thoroughly'rids the plants of the insects. The

side of the casing adjacent the brushes is open to allow the latter tosweep the insects into a pan 6, removably carried in the bottom of thecasing. Kerosene or other suitable substance may be placed in the pan tokill the insects. The top of the casing is hinged,.as at 6*, toconveniently permit access to the interior thereof.

From the front end of the casing a beam 18 projects, and it is supportedby an inclined brace 19, extending from and fixed to the outer end ofthe beam and the bottom of the casing. A standard 20 is pivoted to thisbrace, as at 21, and carries at its lower end any proper cultivator orplow blade. Thestandard is preferably formed of two bars 20 and 20",suitably spaced apart .and which span The inner faces of the bars bearagainst the sides of the beam. This assists in supporting the ICOstandard particularly against lateral movement. The standard may beturned upon its pivot to throw the cultivator or plow out of the groundby means of a hand-lever 22, fulcrumed to a bracket 23, firmly bolted tothe casing. The lever is connected to the top of the standard by a rod23. Suitable movement of the lever will raise or lower the plow, andwhen the plow is lowered the lever abuts against the top of the casingto assist in sustaining the thrust upon the plow.

To the side of the casing opposite the brushes is detaohably secured inany proper manner, as by bolts 24E, a draft-beam 25, the front end ofwhich extends beyond that of the beam 18 and which is provided with asuitable clevis 26, whereby it may be attached to a riding-cultivator.The upper end of a clevis-frame 27 is bolted to the outer end of thebeam 18 and extends thence laterally to contact with the beam 25, towhich it maybe attached by a removable bolt, and thence inclineddownwardly to the bottom of the casing, to which it is secured as abrace. A draft-animal is attached to this clevis-frame when the machineis used alone, in which case the beam 25 is removed.

When used in connection with a ridingcultivator, one of the plows oneither side of the ordinary straddle-row cultivator is detached, and themachine herein described is attached in its place by means of the beam25 and clevis 26. In this position the machine will be carried alongbeside the row of plants, and the insects will be swept from the plantsinto the casing. The cultivator-plow carried by the machine hereindescribed will take the place and do the work of the plow which wasdetached from the riding-cultivator. Vhen the machine is detached and isto be worked by itself, the beam 25 is taken off to lighten the machineand to avoid interference with the animal, which may then be attached atthe clevis-frame 2'7. Suitable handles 28 are secured at the rear end ofthe machine to manipulate and guide the same.

Having thus described the invention, What we claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a machine of the character described, in combination, a casing, arotatable brush adj ustably supported adjacent thereto, means to drivethe brush, normal draft appliances, and a supplementary detachabledraft-beam connected to the casing.

2. In a combined insect-destroyer and cultivator, a plow-supportingframe, in combination with an insect-receiving casing and cooperatinghorizontal and vertical rotatable brushes adjacent to the casing.

3. In a machine of the character described, in combination, a wheeledcasing, rotatable cooperative brushes secured adjacent thereto, the axesof the brushes being at an angle to each other, and means to drive thebrushes.

4. In a machine of the character described, in combination, a movablecasing open at one side, horizontal and vertical rotatable brushes atthe open side of the casing, cooperating to sweep the same plant, andmeans to drive the brushes.

5. In a combined insect-destroyer and cultivator, the combination with aplow-supporting frame, of an insectreceptacle carried thereby, andcooperating horizontal and vertical rotatable brushes beside thereceptacle, the horizontal brush being vertically adjustable.

In testimony whereof we aflix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

CHAS. V. DYER. WILL S. WILLETTE.

\Vitnesses:

N. M. OoNRoE, C. T. DARBY.

